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so, overall energy all higher on the session. back to you. >> certainly looks like t thanks very much, sharon. >>> two leading analysts with two very different calls on netflix over the past two days. what are investors to make of that? >>> also ashaerksd face booked next myspace in the very outspoken michael wolf here to tell us why he thinks so and what, of course, it means for facebook investors. i'm bara ck o bama, and i approve this message. "i'm not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut. that's not my plan." mitchell: "the nonpartisan tax policy center concluded that mitt romney's tax plan would cost $4.8 trillion over 10 years." vo: why won't romney level with us about his tax plan, which gives the wealthy huge new tax breaks? because according to experts, he'd have to raise taxes on the middle class - or increase the deficit to pay for it. if we can't trust him here... how could we ever trust him here? ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing a reason...to look twice. introducing a stunning work of technology -- the entirel
so, overall energy all higher on the session. back to you. >> certainly looks like t thanks very much, sharon. >>> two leading analysts with two very different calls on netflix over the past two days. what are investors to make of that? >>> also ashaerksd face booked next myspace in the very outspoken michael wolf here to tell us why he thinks so and what, of course, it means for facebook investors. i'm bara ck o bama, and i approve this message. "i'm not in favor...
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. >> solar energy. >> yes. >> you're doing research in solar energy? >> yes. where else is the solar energy the most intense? >> at the desert. >> the desert, of course. >> but won't that hurt your oil industry? >> no. no, no, not at all. it will supplement it. our vision is that we will be exporters of gigawatts of electricity. we will be exporting both: barrels of oil and gigawatts of power. >> and so, he says, the kingdom will still be in the energy business long after the sun sets on the age of oil. >> due to the great recession, oil prices had plummeted when these stories first aired in 2008 and 2009. they're back up again but have not reached the heights of $150 a barrel. as for the possibility of speculators driving prices up, new federal regulations now make it more difficult to manipulate the market. that's this edition of 60 minutes on cnbc.
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the energy call is pretty customary. clearly the obama administration would like to pursue more regulatory policies towards traditional energies where the romney administration would certainly be more friendly towards traditional energy which is a bigger part of the s&p 500 index. financials would benefit under a romney administration due to the perception that some of the more onerous components of dodd-frank may not come to light. >> the financials have had many, many months to prepare for dodd-frank. they know what's coming down the pike. so is it going to make that much of a difference in an obama administration even in an environment where the overall health of the market improves, the economy improves, so financials may do better regardless of who is president next? >> may but i think financials are going to struggle in an environment where investment sensitivity is -- investment spending is starting to deteriorate. one of the other big key takeaways from our survey was just the impact of the current administration
the energy call is pretty customary. clearly the obama administration would like to pursue more regulatory policies towards traditional energies where the romney administration would certainly be more friendly towards traditional energy which is a bigger part of the s&p 500 index. financials would benefit under a romney administration due to the perception that some of the more onerous components of dodd-frank may not come to light. >> the financials have had many, many months to...
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it's been calculated if we're serious about energy, really take advantage of the energy resources we have, that you're going to create some 3.5 to 4 million jobs. i know right now you're thinking about one job. your job. i'm thinking about your job as well. person by person. every american deserves a good job. people are hard-working right here in this community. i want to make sure your jobs stay here, grow here and provide a bright future for you and your family. now i also believe in addition to energy that we have an opportunity to create more jobs by selling our goods and services abroad so i want to open up more trade with other nations and china is stealing jobs unfairly i'll crack down on china. number three, number three, i want to make sure that our people have the skills they need to succeed, so we have a lot of government training programs. and that's all fine and well except there are 47 of them. federal government training programs. and they report to eight different government agencies and so the overhead cost of all of this, this burden and bureaucracy is just killing
it's been calculated if we're serious about energy, really take advantage of the energy resources we have, that you're going to create some 3.5 to 4 million jobs. i know right now you're thinking about one job. your job. i'm thinking about your job as well. person by person. every american deserves a good job. people are hard-working right here in this community. i want to make sure your jobs stay here, grow here and provide a bright future for you and your family. now i also believe in...
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energy majors rallied. automakers also sord after bmw reported a surge in september sale this is china. lost 7% on the week, knee con tumbled 5% on down beat earnings. automakers also retreated on reports of plunging sales in china. the bo jchj stayed the same on policy as expected. pc makers extended a losing streak, but media tech gained 2% on strong september sales. lg display tumbled 4.5% after a downgrade on profitability concerns. meanwhile australian minors and banks support to the asx ending at a 14 month high. sensex down by 0.7%. back to you. >> okay, thanks for that. the jobs report is out at 8:30. expected modest growth but not enough to make a dent in unemployment. dow jones forecast is for an increase of 118,000 versus 96,000 in august. unemployment seenle ho holding # 8.1%. joining us now is patrick o'keefe, director of economic research. >> i'm on the high side of the forecast panel looking for 140,0 140,000. some continued decline in the public sector. i do expect, though, that the unemploy
energy majors rallied. automakers also sord after bmw reported a surge in september sale this is china. lost 7% on the week, knee con tumbled 5% on down beat earnings. automakers also retreated on reports of plunging sales in china. the bo jchj stayed the same on policy as expected. pc makers extended a losing streak, but media tech gained 2% on strong september sales. lg display tumbled 4.5% after a downgrade on profitability concerns. meanwhile australian minors and banks support to the asx...
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. >> keep an eye on linn energy and keep an eye on tim tebow. it might be this week. >> happy columbus day weekend, you guys. you know who you are. o.i., owens, illinois. >>> "power lunch" now. >> announcer: halftime is over. the second half of the trading day starts right now. >>> 7.8% unemployment. did president obama just win next month's election? jack welch says hold your horses on that 7.8% number. he doesn't really believe it. an influential florida congressman agrees. we'll talk to that congressman live and ask him on what he bases his suspicions. >>> a place in the united states where gasoline has now become hard for drivers to find. you will find out why coming up on "power lunch." >>> meantime, let's go to sue at the new york stock exchange. sue? >> the markets have been up all day long. we're up about 60 points or so on the dow jones industrial average and the big reason of course is the number that we got this morning, falling unemployment. we are now below the 8% level for the first time in four years. the question is how did we ge
. >> keep an eye on linn energy and keep an eye on tim tebow. it might be this week. >> happy columbus day weekend, you guys. you know who you are. o.i., owens, illinois. >>> "power lunch" now. >> announcer: halftime is over. the second half of the trading day starts right now. >>> 7.8% unemployment. did president obama just win next month's election? jack welch says hold your horses on that 7.8% number. he doesn't really believe it. an influential...
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coming up on closing bell, we'll take a look at some of the standouts in the energy and utilities sector. now it will be really interesting to see what happens to health care stocks post the election. >> they have been soaring. it is an excellent report but i have to correct you on something. can you not say fat dividend. it is obese or overweight dividend. it is not politically correct. seema, thank you. >>> eyeing a monopoly. we were fascinated by the "60 minutes" piece on how just one company makes nearly every single pair of glasses on planet earth. can anybody else compete? we're going to speak with a guy trying to compete. >>> but up next, why this ad may be breaking facebook's social mission. it is an interesting story. stick around. [ male announcer ] at scottrade, you won't just find us online, you'll also find us in person, with dedicated support teams at over 500 branches nationwide. so when you call or visit, you can ask for a name you know. because personal service starts with a real person. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. our support teams a
coming up on closing bell, we'll take a look at some of the standouts in the energy and utilities sector. now it will be really interesting to see what happens to health care stocks post the election. >> they have been soaring. it is an excellent report but i have to correct you on something. can you not say fat dividend. it is obese or overweight dividend. it is not politically correct. seema, thank you. >>> eyeing a monopoly. we were fascinated by the "60 minutes"...
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one, get us energy independent. north america energy independent. that creates about 4 million jobs. number two, open up more trade, particularly in latin america. crack down on china if and when they cheat. number three, make sure our people have the skills they need to succeed and the best schools in the world. we're far away from that now. number four, get us to a balanced budget. number five, champion small business. >> well, there you go in terms of mitt romney coming out with five points in terms of an economic plan. do you think this is resonating with folks out there? the issues that are important in terms of dictating their vote, the economy. >> no question. the economy for so many families in america have been very disappointing. many people are still looking for jobs. much of this is structural unemployment, as we've created more efficiencies in our factories, which means fewer jobs. so we have -- you know, we're still struggling with an 8-plus percent unemployment rate. that has to be part of the debate as to how -- what direction we go
one, get us energy independent. north america energy independent. that creates about 4 million jobs. number two, open up more trade, particularly in latin america. crack down on china if and when they cheat. number three, make sure our people have the skills they need to succeed and the best schools in the world. we're far away from that now. number four, get us to a balanced budget. number five, champion small business. >> well, there you go in terms of mitt romney coming out with five...
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that continues to worry traders about energy demand. and on the flip side, we have the syria/turkey tensions continuing to support the market. you can see that better in the brent crude market which didn't falter much in the past week where nymex futures, wti futures falling sharply, down about 2% last week. three weeks in a row, lower prices. still at the lower end of the $88 to $92 range we've been stuck in. but the real story is what's going on in california. california, big part of the reason that we saw the spike-up in gas futures last week. and now that governor jerry brown has now said that we are not going to -- that we are going to be to have winter grade gasoline for the wholesale market, that is supposed to boost supplies, drive down prices. we've seen it in the wholesale level. and we've already seen a little bit of a weakening here in the arbob market as well. prices will start to trickle down. jane wells all over that story. we'll have much more coming up. back to you. >> thank you, sharon. >>> big week for the marriage ba
that continues to worry traders about energy demand. and on the flip side, we have the syria/turkey tensions continuing to support the market. you can see that better in the brent crude market which didn't falter much in the past week where nymex futures, wti futures falling sharply, down about 2% last week. three weeks in a row, lower prices. still at the lower end of the $88 to $92 range we've been stuck in. but the real story is what's going on in california. california, big part of the...
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bio diesel ray noble energy group. up next, we are asking dan oh, the ceo president, how he is turning trash into treasure. could it be the solution to our problems? ♪ follow the wings. ♪ liz: here is your fox business market check. we have cliff petro resources. the largest iron ore producer. it is surging today. iron ore for immediate delivery in china saw its biggest gain in a month today. does this sound a little familiar? if you watch this show, it should. listen to what ben willis said last month what we had him on the show. >> china took all a good bit in terms of iron ore to create steel. at this time last year, iron ore was trading at $180 a metric ton. liz: what does this tell you, a nice little move to the upside? >> we are starting to see some green shoots caught a few well, out of china. a little bit of recovery from the steel side. it is ready to step in and stimulate the economy. that is what that chart is showing you. liz: we told you. ben willis told you. you heard it right here first and sure enou
bio diesel ray noble energy group. up next, we are asking dan oh, the ceo president, how he is turning trash into treasure. could it be the solution to our problems? ♪ follow the wings. ♪ liz: here is your fox business market check. we have cliff petro resources. the largest iron ore producer. it is surging today. iron ore for immediate delivery in china saw its biggest gain in a month today. does this sound a little familiar? if you watch this show, it should. listen to what ben willis...
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financials energy and industrials all leading the way. a good kick off to the fourth quarter. >> you have to like the way we're kicking off now. you look at the volatility index that remained under the 16 level and financials led right out of the gate, strong in the premarket and continue to be strong and you look at the industrial space and the pharmaceutical and overall it is a nice broad market rally as people are jumping into the fourth quarter. >> bank of america is up 3% or so today and certainly had great performance out of the dow industrial and give me a comment on the market right now. >> bank of america, i own it, i like it. i will have to use my wallet or a phone book because i am feeling really short they're. i think it trends higher. >> we have breaking news regarding the federal reserve steve liesman has the fed chairman to make comments today. >> the fed chairman is speaking to the economic club of indianapolis today and he really what he is doing is taking his case for the new qe to the public. thises something he has don
financials energy and industrials all leading the way. a good kick off to the fourth quarter. >> you have to like the way we're kicking off now. you look at the volatility index that remained under the 16 level and financials led right out of the gate, strong in the premarket and continue to be strong and you look at the industrial space and the pharmaceutical and overall it is a nice broad market rally as people are jumping into the fourth quarter. >> bank of america is up 3% or so...
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let's check out the latest news in energy. let's go to sharon with the latest. >> oil prices are unchanged on either side of positive and negative territory here for wti prices as traders digest the data on manufacturing. from china yesterday not so great. u.s. manufacturing data a little bit better. then we have to wait and see what the supply data will hold from the energy department when they report tomorrow and in the american patrols tonight. in terms of natural gas, we saw natural gas rise above the 3.50 level, but fdr capital mark says look for nat gas to get to $4.50 in to 13. they expect that to be the price to incentivize drilling and because of the supply and demand fundamentals. in terms of what we are seeing for the gold price, we are looking at a little bit of a pull-back and profit taking and consolidation after hitting a new high there for the year of 1794 in the previous session. central banks will be the key focus. back to you. >>> sharon epperson there. we are talking off camera about bill actman's appearanc
let's check out the latest news in energy. let's go to sharon with the latest. >> oil prices are unchanged on either side of positive and negative territory here for wti prices as traders digest the data on manufacturing. from china yesterday not so great. u.s. manufacturing data a little bit better. then we have to wait and see what the supply data will hold from the energy department when they report tomorrow and in the american patrols tonight. in terms of natural gas, we saw natural...
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let's check out the latest moves in energy and metals. sharon at the nymex. >> the momentum here definitely in the metals market. i'm standing in the gold pit. gold prices went above $1,794 an ounce. a lot of investors may have looked at the s&p 500's returns, that's decent. but gold up over 10% in the last quarter. silver up over 25% in the last quarter. they want some more of that in the fourth quarter. and we're looking at that here in the metals market. also looking at momentum taking over, the weak sentimental data out of china in terms of the oil price. the oil prices here are a little bit of a bid for oil. the fact that they lowered a mix a little while ago before the open on the weak data out of china on their manufacturing numbers. in terms of the biggest mover here in the commodities space, definitely it is natural gas. natural gas at a ten-month high. natural gas here above 3.40. some are saying that $3 gas is sustainable here even if we don't see the same focus on coal to gas switching. still going to see higher natural gas pr
let's check out the latest moves in energy and metals. sharon at the nymex. >> the momentum here definitely in the metals market. i'm standing in the gold pit. gold prices went above $1,794 an ounce. a lot of investors may have looked at the s&p 500's returns, that's decent. but gold up over 10% in the last quarter. silver up over 25% in the last quarter. they want some more of that in the fourth quarter. and we're looking at that here in the metals market. also looking at momentum...
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. >> pop here for southwestern energy up. >> if you look at this year and look at the headlines on oil, look at the headlines on natural gas, you would think oil was up 30% this year, oil's down 6%, natural gas up 16% and j.j.'s neck of the woods is going to get cold over the next week. stay with natural gas overweight bio. >> swn. >>> pop for macy's up 2%. >> yeah, it's time to think about the holidays, practice ps that chilly weather will get you in that mood. macy's said they're going to hire 80,000 people for the holidays up 2.5% over last year, and a good day for good news. >> drop here for wendy's down 6%. scott? >> downgraded the company today to a hold. really interesting, they're worried about same-store sales, but in the long-term, this analyst still likes the name. so this is a short-term downgrade. >> and we got a pop here for russian friends. good news for you and your pen pal, facebook could be one step closer to opening a russian office. mark zuckerberg met with dmitry medvedev earlier today. he urged the founder to open a new office in his country. in a rare move, zucke
. >> pop here for southwestern energy up. >> if you look at this year and look at the headlines on oil, look at the headlines on natural gas, you would think oil was up 30% this year, oil's down 6%, natural gas up 16% and j.j.'s neck of the woods is going to get cold over the next week. stay with natural gas overweight bio. >> swn. >>> pop for macy's up 2%. >> yeah, it's time to think about the holidays, practice ps that chilly weather will get you in that mood....
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. >> we can talk about any number of things including the fact that domestic energy production is way up under president obama. >> we heard about that in the debate in spite of instead of because of. >> not in spite of. the fact of the matter is president obama has reduced our dependence on foreign oil over these last few years, we've seen jobs created in the solar industry, in green industries. our state ranks fourth among the 50 states in terms of the number of jobs in the green sector so there are things we can and must do in order to make this recovery happen more quickly. but the fact of the matter is, not since 2005 have we had 30 months in a row of private sector job growth. we're seeing our housing industry coming back, with housing values rising in maryland, seven consecutive months on a year over year basis. so there are a lot of things we can do as a country, if we put job creation first, and that's what president obama has been doing, even in the face of obstructionists who are trying to slow the jobs recovery before the election. >> governor? >> that dog is trying its bes
. >> we can talk about any number of things including the fact that domestic energy production is way up under president obama. >> we heard about that in the debate in spite of instead of because of. >> not in spite of. the fact of the matter is president obama has reduced our dependence on foreign oil over these last few years, we've seen jobs created in the solar industry, in green industries. our state ranks fourth among the 50 states in terms of the number of jobs in the...
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i would not leave out energy either. and regardless of the global growth story, energy is one of the things that people need and look at the gas prices. they've got to have it so the prices are going up and earnings are going up regardless of what happens to the economy in six, nine months. >> i think about housing and real estate. mortgage rates, going to keep those things way, way down. what i'm saying is, if you've got money and you invest it, then he's going to help you, if you're part of the broader economy, you're struggling to get along at the lower end of the income scale and don't have much to invest, you don't have a lot. >> pretty much. we can't just leave it right there. [laughter] >> let's get this clear. if i, as an interviewer, i rely on you to come up with at least one full statement in response to any statement that i might make, so can you rephrase that? >> yes, i can, you have to be in this market because ben bernanke wants you to be in this market. inflation is directly to the stock market and you can
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and romney will attack the president's energy policies. >> with a second wind from the debate, romney is trying to distance himself from controversial comments caught on hidden camera. romney appeared on the sean hannity show on fox news last night and said his comments about the 47% of americans who don't pay income tax were, quote, just completely wrong. in that video, romney said 47% of americans consider themselves victims and don't take personal responsibility. he originally defended those comments. >>> there is anticipation ahead of september's jobs report. analysts are predicting the economy added 115,000 to 125,000 jobs last month. that's better than the disappointing 96,000 jobs added in august. the unemployment stands at 8.1%. >>> to a developing story. public health officials are rn wai warning hundreds of people in more than 20 states, including maryland and virginia, about a steroid contaminated and responsible for a deadly meningitis outbreak. the steroid was sent to 20 different facilities in nine different states, including nine facilities in our area for individuals s
and romney will attack the president's energy policies. >> with a second wind from the debate, romney is trying to distance himself from controversial comments caught on hidden camera. romney appeared on the sean hannity show on fox news last night and said his comments about the 47% of americans who don't pay income tax were, quote, just completely wrong. in that video, romney said 47% of americans consider themselves victims and don't take personal responsibility. he originally defended...
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researchers projecting the energy drink industry overall expanding 86% over the course of the next five years. red bull expansion signalling the company is trying to keep up with its competition, you know, monster, rock star and all these drinks offer a variety of flavors and now dagen will be what? blueberry? dagen: all of the above. i can't do a homer simpson drool kind of thing. i drink like eight a day. connell: that's our second thing this hour that you don't see on every business show. third quarter earnings meantime. earnings season is kicking off this week. dagen: what moves should you make ahead of that? sandra smith has today's trade. sandra: beware of the fact that the broader stock market has basically just been going straight up, especially since those june lows. there's anticipated drop in third quarter earnings overall from s&p 500 companies. there's a lot of concern from wall street analysts right now that this run-up is not justified by the earnings we are about to get from these companies. we're kicking off with alcoa after the bell tomorrow, and this is a stock that's
researchers projecting the energy drink industry overall expanding 86% over the course of the next five years. red bull expansion signalling the company is trying to keep up with its competition, you know, monster, rock star and all these drinks offer a variety of flavors and now dagen will be what? blueberry? dagen: all of the above. i can't do a homer simpson drool kind of thing. i drink like eight a day. connell: that's our second thing this hour that you don't see on every business show....
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energy is the one sector doing well in the s&p. nicole petallides at stock exchange. big downgrades affecting a lot of people's portfolio. >> look at the tech names which are on the dow jones industrial average. let's take a closer look at hewlett-packard, dell and intel. del reading from citigroup on your tax stocks is not a good day. hewlett-packard was initiated, the price target of $13.50. still has room to go to the downside and initiated with a cell and citigroup and the price target $8.50 so that would be another dollar lower than where it is and then there is in tel downgrading, bernstein downgraded to underperform from a market performer and also the new price target, $26 from $32. still higher from where it is but the attack is the group waiting today. the nasdaq composite down 1.3%. liz: i am wearing silver hoops to night, not gold. it has been a wild ride. gold is up more than 450% over the past ten years. an incredible performer. gold has extended losses into a third day and these trends are indicators of -- let's ask my next guest who thinks the bubble i
energy is the one sector doing well in the s&p. nicole petallides at stock exchange. big downgrades affecting a lot of people's portfolio. >> look at the tech names which are on the dow jones industrial average. let's take a closer look at hewlett-packard, dell and intel. del reading from citigroup on your tax stocks is not a good day. hewlett-packard was initiated, the price target of $13.50. still has room to go to the downside and initiated with a cell and citigroup and the price...
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domestic, abundant, clean energy to power our lives... that's smarter power today. >> hi everyone. i have your fox business brief. u.s. builders trimmed their activity for a second straight month in august. construction spending slipped 7/10 of 1% to seasonally adjusted 837 billion dollars. meanwhile, healthcare shares are getting a boost after the company announced a series of new financial initiatives. it approves plans for 500 million dollars stock repurchase and 1 for 4 reverse stock split. it also issued 800 million dollars worth of new debt. also expects to put 400 million dollars toward new acquisitions. and honda's expanding its north america recalls include more than 600,000 accord mid size sedans. the recall aims to address potential power steering fluid leaks can cause fire under the hood. affects 03 to 07 model years. that's the latest on fox business give you the power to prosper. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open for 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily
domestic, abundant, clean energy to power our lives... that's smarter power today. >> hi everyone. i have your fox business brief. u.s. builders trimmed their activity for a second straight month in august. construction spending slipped 7/10 of 1% to seasonally adjusted 837 billion dollars. meanwhile, healthcare shares are getting a boost after the company announced a series of new financial initiatives. it approves plans for 500 million dollars stock repurchase and 1 for 4 reverse stock...